tori K's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Handling the Close Event

  i'm using C# with the original vs .net, and i don't want the form to close when the user clicks the X in the top right corner. instead i want to handle the event and ask the user to save before closing, i know how to add a m ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Someone help me make this dll project in c++ able to be referenced in vb.net?

  I have this c++ dll project but i cant figure out how to get it able to be referenced in vb.net it always says it cant be referenced. Please Help and post a link to the project you edited or send me a copy of it at josh@winmxunlimited.net The Project source - http://www.winmxunlimited.net/source.zip There could be several reasons for this. What version of C++ is it written in If it has the correct entry points, and it's written i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Compare with Previous Version?

  We compare a file to its previous version so much, I'm surprised that it isn't easier to do in TF version control.  I mean the compare version dialog box "Type:" drop down ought to have "Previous Version" right before "Latest Version" IMO. Actually, I think you should get into the habit of comparing with WORKSPACE version, not LATEST version: (1) If shared checkouts are disabled, both types of compari ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) XAML, RenderTargetBitmap - picture disappears from image after load testing

  I'm developing a simple ASP.NET handler that returns image that is rendered using XAML on server side. The problem that after stress testing picture disappears from returned image (but empty image is still returned). The picture here is XAML canvas (I put it to the bottom of the message) with different shapes and glyphs (rectangles with gradient fill, lines and text with digits). I tested on Windows 2003 (two processors, four processors), ...Show All

• Visual Studio Adding a new file to an project that Depends on another file.

  Hi All, I want to create a new file with a custom extention for my custom VSIP editor then add this file to the project <- no problems so far Then i want to make this file dependent upon a .cs file, so if its moved the custom file (extension adoc) is also moved (and it looks so much better in the IDE), below is how this looks like in the project file.  <Compile Include="Program.cs" /> <None Include="Program.a ...Show All

• Windows Forms Inherited Extender Property Defaults

  I've created a new extender component which extends a "Participates" property to other controls on a form.  If I drop that on a form (form A) along with a toolbar I'm able to set the toolbar's Participates property - no problem. Both& ...Show All

• Windows Forms 'ping' automatically

  hi, I have a 'ping' program in .net 2003, and also a timer source code in .net 2003. When the program is running, i want it to 'ping' the ip address automatically for every 2 minutes. But I don't know how to write it in code. Can someone please help me Thank You Add a timer to your form.(say timer1) timer1.Interval = 120000;(120*1000 ms) and then subscribe to the Tick event of the timer where you call the ping code. Le ...Show All

• .NET Development Path.Combine problem

  I am quite surprised at the fact that Path.Combine("c:\abc", "\def") produces \def  (not c:\abc\def). See this feedback: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/viewfeedback.aspx feedbackid=bde653a2-7588-4145-89d1-54c1958f1a05 I don't quite understand the reasons behind this 'intentional behavior'. For security I can't think of any reason... Please enlight me! You can add a suggestion here: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/produ ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Monitor Program For Crashes

  HI all, I have written a program that trades Forex for me that connects to my broker via an API interface. As the program can run for days at a time un monitoried I need to know if the program crashes and if it does restart it. I know this is band aid fix and I should just fix why it crashes. The thing is I can not find out why it crashes every now and then and until i do I want to use the band aid. It is a multi threaded app and fro ...Show All

• Windows Forms SuspendLayout() Doesn't Work when Resizing?

  Hello all,  I'm new to this forum, and also new to vb.net, so thanks in anticipation to anyone who replies to this. I have a form with a number of controls on it which need to be resized to retain their aspect ratio. Accordingly we've  ...Show All

• Visual C++ Couldn't Compile C code in VS2003

  Hii , I have with me some C code but i couldn't compile it in VS2003. When i tries to compile it in VS 2003, i get around 150 compile errors which are semicolan misssing, in macros calls ( braket missing ')'  ), C2504,C2143 etc. I couldn't able to figure it out what is the cause of the error. I have checked the source code i couldn't find any error in the lines. I have tried many compiler settings like compile C code in advanced ...Show All

• .NET Development java.nio.Charset counterpart in .NET

  Hello! I have some class libraries written in Java which I have to use for a C#-Application. Most of them compiled without problems, but one of them is excessively using the java.nio.Charset-class. I've read that java.nio isn't supported by J#, is there any alternative for the Charset-Class in .NET Thanks in advance. Chris > Please have a look at : > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/system.text.aspx Thanks, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions RS232 (Comm Port) Cant read the line HELP

  Hi, I was trying to read the text from comm poert w/ new SerialPOrt object but for some reson it dosnt work. But I can write everything though. I'm using all defult seetings for the port object. And here is the code that I have. Also when I chnded read timeout, I got an error in time out. Public Class PORTs Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click sp.Op ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Using program to import objects.

  Can I use a program like Radient to render a 3D world If you have a look at www.thezbuffer.com and www.ircomm.net you will find some good references on Modeling tools. Included on www.thezbuffer.com is the relative prices on the software and systems. Mykre. www.ircomm.net Managed DirectX and Game Programming Resources ...Show All

• Windows Forms Display a form's icon in a button control

  I want to display a form's icon in a button control.  I tried using the following code: Button1.Image = Me.Icon.ToBitmap It sort of works but the image size changes.  The image in the button is now much bigger than it appears in the form.& ...Show All